reflexible
English
Etymology
Latin reflexibilis, from reflectō (“reflect”). Compare French réflexible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈflɛksɪbəl/
Adjective
reflexible (not comparable)
- Capable of being reflected, or thrown back.
- Synonym: reflectable
- 1705-1715, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
- The light of the sun consists of rays differently refrangible and reflexible.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reflexible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)